Improvement in sad and embossing irons combined



F. MYERS..

Sad and Embossing Iron Combined. v No. 136,613, Pat ntedMarchHJ873.

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FREDERICK MYERS, on, NEW YORK, N. r.

IMPROVEMENT IN SAD AND EMBOSSING IRONS COMBINED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,613, dated March11, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK MYERS, of New York, county of New York andState of New York, have invented an improved Oombined Sad-Iron andEmbossing-Iron, of which the following is a specification:

My invention consists of embossing-surfaces formed on the confrontingfaces or on plates attached to the said faces of the baseplate andhandle-plate of a sad-iron, consisting of a base-plate and a handleplateconnected together, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 is a horizontal section of my improved embossing instrumenttaken on the line' a: x of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation taken on the line y 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontalsection taken on the line 2 z of Fig. 2-, and Fig. 4 is a transversesection taken on the line 22 v of Fig. 2. p

A is the stand or base-plate, which is of metal, preferably iron, andlarge and heavy enough to serve the purposes of a stand for the supportof the other parts, also for being heated on a stove or fire togetherwith the handle plate, and retaining heat sufiiciept for embossingskirt-borders and other ladies wear, and it is constructed in the shapeof a sad-iron, and finished or polished on the bottom and edges so thatit can be used as such. B is the handle-plate, also of metal; it ismainly of the form of the base-plate so as to fit on the top of itsymmetrically, but not quite so long nor so thick, though it may be ifpreferred. This plate has a handle, 0, a suitable distance above it, bywhich to handle the instrument conveniently when hot, arrangedhorizontally and longitudinally over the center and attached by one endto the top of a standard, E, rising up from its point or front end. Thebase of this standard projects a little beyond the front end at F forpivoting it to the plate A, at G, near its point, also for projectingbeyond the pivot for locking the two plates together firmly, by a buttonor key,

H. The pivot-pin is arranged in ears I, rising up from the surface orplate A, and between said ears there is a cavity, K, to allow the pointF to swing down when the plate B is raised behind the pivot forintroducing or removing the goods. L represents the embossin g surfaceor plate of the base-plate, on which are raised figuresor characters tobeimpressed on the goods. M represents the embossing surface of thehandle-plate, in which are sunken figures or characters in counterpartof the raised figures of the base-plate. By preference these embossingsurfaces are formed on detachable plates, so that figures or charactersof difi'erent kinds and forms may be used in terchangeably. For thispurpose the baseplate and handle-plate are suitably recessed on theirconfronting faces to provide space for them, and they are detachablyconnected, the one L by aT-shaped projection, N, which drops into arecess, 0, through a slotted plate, P, in a widened portion of the slot,and passes laterally into a narrow portion when the plate comes to itsseat, so that the lugs forming the head of the T areheld by the plate P.This plate P is fastened in another recess, R, by rivets, but it may becast together with the base-plate ifpreferred. The plate M is fastenedto the handle-plate by a standard, S, rising up from the back of itthrough a hole in plate B, and a button or .key, V, on the top of thelatter engaging the standard by a notch in the side.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the base-plateA, handleplateB, embossing-surface L of plate A, and embossing-surface M of plateB,the said plates being pivoted together as at G, and provided withlooking devices F H, substantially as specified.

Witnesses:

R. A. VAN RENSSELAER, L. B. PLATT, Jr.

FREDERICK MYERS.

